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- NewsAdam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity. 10169
- NewsBrandon Lutnick’s Cantor Fitzgerald is nearing a big Bitcoin acquisition through a SPAC merger, targeting 30,000 BTC from Blockstream Capital. 7819
- NewsStarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. 2905
- NewsBlockstream is set to launch three funds in total, two of which will allow institutional investors to lend and borrow with Bitcoin collateral. 12209
- NewsInstitutional demand for high-yield Bitcoin funds is growing following the successful launch of BTC ETFs. 24570
- InterviewResolving recent systemic failures in the cryptocurrency ecosystem and the prospect of spot Bitcoin ETF approvals could drive Bitcoin to $100,000 in 2024. 19132
- NewsBlockstream intends to buy and store ASIC mining hardware ahead of Bitcoin’s halving in 2024. 8177
- NewsAdam Back has joined a growing roster of market commentators who are bullish on the price of Bitcoin ahead of next year’s halving event. 14790
- NewsVenture capitalists have favored ICOs in recent years, but Bitcoin-related startups are seeing renewed interest from investors. 7698
- NewsletterIs the U.S. investment bank looking to buy up distressed crypto firms amid the bear market? 5671
- NewsCEO Adam Back said the fresh funding would be invested into expanding the firm’s mining capacity. 7460
- InterviewIn an exclusive interview with Adam Back at Bitcoin Amsterdam, the co-founder of Blockstream shared his vision for the Bitcoin space. 2586
- NewsIn particular, ROAST has been posited as a signature standard that could work with, and improve threshold signature schemes such as FROST. 3499
- NewsletterIn this week's DeFi newsletter we bring you an exclusive research report on Terra, Samson Mow's shocking comment on DeFi and Fireblock's latest DeFi institutional offering. 4278